Esmeralda Pimentel Biography

Mara Esmeralda Pimentel Murgua (born 8 September 1989), better known as Esmeralda Pimentel, is a Mexican actress and model. Born in Ciudad Guzmn, Jalisco, she began her media career in 2009, appearing in commercials and television promotions. After participating in Nuestra Belleza Mxico, where she ranked the top five, she entered "Centro de Educacin Artstica de Televisa (CEA)" to study acting and made her debut in Verano de amor in 2009.

Biography

Mara Esmeralda Pimentel Murgua was born in Ciudad Guzman, Jalisco, on 8 September 1989. At nineteen she began making appearances in television commercials as a model, featuring clothing brands from Mexico.

Career

Modeling

She participated in 2007 in Nuestra Belleza Jalisco representing Zapotln. She was the first runner-up of the contest at the age of 18. On 6 October 2007, she participated with the winner Lupita Gonzlez in Nuestra Belleza Mxico 2007, both representing the state of Jalisco. At the finale, Pimentel was awarded the title of second runner-up, with the winner being Elisa Njera.

Acting career on television

After competing in Nuestra Belleza Mxico, she decided to enter the "Centro de Educacin Artstica de Televisa (CEA)", to train as an actress. Her first acting offer came in 2009 when the producer Pedro Damin gave her a small role in the telenovela Verano de amor, where she played the character "Ada". Three years later, in 2012 she worked in the telenovela Abismo de pasin, an Angelli Nesma Medina production, where she shared credits with Angelique Boyer and David Zepeda. Her character was "Kenya Jasso Navarro" and her work in the telenovela earned her a Bravo Prize for the "Best New actress". That same year, the producers Roberto Gmez Fernndez and Giselle Gonzlez, gave her the opportunity to participate as an antagonist in Cachito de cielo, in which she starred alongside Maite Perroni, Pedro Fernndez and Jorge Poza. She played the character of "Mara", a female journalist. A year later she participated in De que te quiero, te quiero, which was produced by Lucero Surez. She was the antagonist and shared credits with Livia Brito and Juan Diego Covarrubias.

In 2014, she had her first starring role in El color de la pasin produced by Roberto Gmez Fernndez. Other cast members were Erick Elas and Claudia Ramrez. A year later, she works again with Lucero Surez in La vecina. This is the second time that she works with Juan Diego Covarrubias and being protagonist of a telenovela.

Filmography

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2009	Verano de amor	Adalberta Clavera
2011	Como dice el dicho	Sandra	"Ms vale solo" (Season 1, Episode 8)
2012	Abismo de pasin	Kenia Jasso Navarro
2012	Cachito de cielo	Mara	Nom, TVyNovelas Award for Best Young Lead Actress
2013	Nueva vida	Unknown role	"Madre soltera" (Season 1, Episode 7)
2013	Gossip Girl: Acapulco	Francesca Ruiz De Hinojosa
2013	De que te quiero, te quiero	Diana	Nom, TVyNovelas Award for Best Female Antagonist
2014	El color de la pasin	Luca Gaxiola Murillo de Escalante	</ref> }}
2015-2016	La vecina	Sara Granados
2017	Enamorndome de Ramn	Fabiola

Others awards and nominations

Year	Awards	Category	Recipient	Outcome
2015	33rd TVyNovelas Awards	Favoritos del pblico: Best Smile	Herself for El color de la pasin
		Favoritos del pblico: The Prettiest